**Oscar and Rosie’s has now moved to it’s own premises on Thurland Street. Louis Louis is now resident within Das Kino Are you a table tennis player? Don’t visit Das Kino. Do you like a pizza?… Continue reading →

The Harwood Arms would be unassuming anywhere in London, in a quiet Fulham sidestreet I managed to walk past even though we had made a special visit. Inside it is slightly more chic… Continue reading →

Following the relative successes and failures of Red Hot Buffet and Rakonto, Jim’s Smokehouse has pitched up in the unit toward the bottom of Hockley. An effective Twitter onslaught ensued with a couple… Continue reading →

Located on a Hockley side street Tarn Thai could be dismissed as nothing special as a casual passer by. Look closer though and you will see that in décor and ambience little in Nottingham can… Continue reading →

Gidleigh Park describes itself as a quintessential country house, with its imposing old trees, tranquil stream and Arts and Crafts good looks you would be hard pressed to disagree. It sits near Chagford… Continue reading →

Manchester’s Northern Quarter sprang up as the playground for the hopelessly geeky, techy and creative types ill at ease with the superclubs and Tiger Tigers, the Canal Street carnage of a Saturday night… Continue reading →

We approached Rock via Padstow(stein) with the aid of a little ferry which traverses the river Camel. The modest, but perfectly formed St Endoc Hotel houses Restaurant Nathan Outlaw and a rather lovely… Continue reading →

I recently asked my fellow food-lover James if he would consider writing a few words about his visits to restaurants. We pretty much discovered our passion for top food together at Sat Bain’s in Nottingham and have… Continue reading →

[My visit to the Pelican Club was a disaster of quite some proportion. I was pleased to see Sarah’s thought there was some light at the end of the tunnel…] From the off, the Pelican… Continue reading →